Crooked Kingdom, by Leigh Bardugo
Picking up exactly where the first book left off (thank goodness, because that was a MISERABLE cliffhanger), Kaz Brekker and his crew have even more amazing and ridiculous and unimaginable stunts lined up for this story. I'm constantly in awe of Leigh Bardugo's mind for having created this world and the characters in it. I spent the majority of the book debating if things that had happened were part of the plan, or if things were going wrong again, and if they WERE going wrong again, how the heck did Kaz intend to get them all out of it.
These books are works of genius, and I know for a fact I will revisit them. I can't wait to read Bardugo's Grisha trilogy, although we're not going to push our list back any further to do those ones at this moment, we are potentially going to add them in later during the year. She created a world that I feel a part of - it's a fantastical world, that has just enough of our reality to make you feel like you belong there, too - and I'm not ready to leave it. (PLUS: Leigh Bardugo just announced another book set in this world to come out soon, and I CAN'T WAIT.)
-Cat
P.S. our next book is Soon I Will Be Invincible, by Austin Grossman.
OH. YOUR. GOD.
I think the highest praise I can give Bardugo is the solemn vow that I will champion Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom to every lover of books I come across. I've already begun. I know I'll come back to these books in the future, and I shall explore her other works in this same world (The Grisha Trilogy and an upcoming book of short stories) as well.
Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom introduced me to a world and a group of characters that quickly became new favorites. These two books have burned literary memories into my mind that I shall hold dear and recall fondly in the years to come.
Do yourself a favor: read these two books.
--Mikie
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